New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-17
SERVICE PENSION AT A CERTAIN AGE.


SOME SOUND REASONS IN Favor OF TIE MENscEF.
iIadey Mich. Sept. 1.-The old soldiers Of this vi
cnity thank rHE Ntw-YoKK TRIBUNE for interestingly,
self In their welfare. We glad that powerful
paper advocating measures Of justice Tor the OH vet
erana
Of the Potomac. in all OF the engagements which
that army participated In. except south Mountain,
Antctam and Fredericksburg. AMI would nave been III
them except injuries received at the second bat OF
Bull Run. | returned 10 my regiment in time for the
gettysburg campaign was wounded at The crossing oil
the RappahaunOck. November 7sG3. resulting III rssec
ton of the head and part OF the Numerous bone OF the
While the old soldiers hero In favor OF the DISABLE
ty bal. they are also In favor OF service pension a
very large majority want the dlsaoei tho needS anu
the widows provided for first; aud then scrvc" pen
sion to be Granted when Veteran al eer,p
say from hfty TO sixty years ac,ordhS 10 ,ne ao
ny OF the Government topay They believe that win an
overlooking Treasury Tie Government can ana should Dc
liberal with tue Old veterans.
Inc general reasons assigned FOR a service pension
% That 1t would mt burden from our communities an
place 1t the whole Naion which received The hcheis
Of the terrible sacrifice that was made Ia mai tain the
could 20 through the service the front aud undergo
what 1t necessary FOR him to perform without great
ii nc lost and the habits formed have been hnhhci
loss which We have not been able To recover rom. ln
OF life the have not stood an stlhA
with our more fortunate neishhors who 'tHyel al
home aud received the benefits from The results OF
the war ~ we. 81 Tho Government mas given ser
vice zen soldiers OF other why not to the
in,on .olIcr, no served lnri ~ the late rcb-uni
As 10 giving pension at CERTAIN age We reason mus
A. u aud {, ages respectively twenty, twenty-five
aud thirty years. enlisted in 1851 H. + ana g a,
probably have the same expectancy OF mo iut u AZ
.xty years. After thirty years from ihc co,e OF VIC
the Government passes a service pension law. 80"
dies aud nothing draws i've year, 81 pen
and A ten years. & draws Two years - zen
years; and L. fifteen years. In tho general sum
sacrifice, from the fict thai he ma han VII, an, -, a.,
on IA hands and lie will now have 10 let them slH ior
them selves after he is gone. A. u ana en,teh eai
without bounty, and dbl the work L. aud G enlisted
the winhup. got the big bounty ana bS pay n WIZ
justice OF that II the pension were given "hs9 al h"d
arrived a, ccfain age that would DE- more edH,
W A. Henderson, Quar- "rmastcr &. Whtney fost ISIS
GENERAL BRAGG LEFT OUT IL THE COLD.
Milwaukee Wis. sept. lG.-Gcneral br9sg' OF ms
state, who nr-t commander Of J. A. brown r"'''
g. A r. at Fond du Lac. MS. has ALWAYS assume" tltt
tho real veterans OF the war we're supporting mn ~ NJ
attack on the rrcrnli, oi l-bl D. - WEI - III 1 49, @
menfs expressed by him the nOor OF iongtrs III sup
port o the Presidents veto 0i INC pension p'E 81, y,
Ediior Of InE IHihV'L VIII honpiIc'' Irh,lno, >, 49,,
portion Of his speech which the old Iron brigade "i
| winch he was commander III a CRITICAL p0Nu"n I".hcl
their wavcring ranks AM chc"ie ana NOV yea on w
because r prluced along down tho line. aud they rccyS
ones VINO were said what ho saii AMI To sup
rori hiin generally. In short the g. A X lo.t' ""o
OF coffee cooler.' etc. Well that same old Iron br.
radc as you may bnvr uoco has just held reuNoh q.
officer At tho election hold Wedne day last ldnSrl'
pre-dngl every old officer was reclec'e l ric' bi"sn
I'm spc OF his most earnest efforts h- was lett ont en-
ircy. or thc 800 armed or one-legzel Nctet"' '"
that splendid brigade oriyonr voted Tor Ms
| A WOMAN's CASE.
! Kecscyile y y oct. 81 have brsh greatly inter
esed in the letter, Of Ia. old soldiers and thinxin it
yon have ,Iven them hearing IN uav To reach Et'I
multitude of people. Ny immediate OBJECT III WING
you Ia 10 OF class that ha' been spoken OF
rarely IN tins discussion. There ID widow living ucrs
whose husband died four years ago lie enlisted th" ns'
year of the continued In the service unl mus
tered at OF the lie was IN thrce hcI
emf rebel risons the time nj And"rsOnvlls whrrc
he stayed seven months. When he came out he was t
orally skeleton with typhoid fever fastened upon u
system Laid deaths door for DAYS ana was DouS
back 10 life only by tho nursing ana de'0llon o ''o
patriotic women; lie had others To care Tor MN
ing young he recovered in measure ana ma rieu
he had two distinct Diseases which at iast carrier ' o w.
He nc induced To apply for pension az ne
would eight years beSsih- oi
what lie Justly entitled to- ~inco his death MS "S
has made application for pension, aud has obtained AL
the proof required except mat OF the two ocors or corn
radrs. which the law now requires. only ono VINO
actually knew and the man in the army can be
found hundred Of good people can be found can
testify TO the facts OF the as have stated Them III
the meantime the widow aud children have to he sup
port by frienis who need dollar they have
themselves. In tho hope that you may say snmethllI
that Will he OF In such ha We maze tins state
ment.-Sarah o. Winter.